The Polyphonic Spree

This ensemble includes a 10-person choir, a pair of keyboardists, a percussionist, drummer, bassist, guitarist, flautist, trumpeter, trombonist, violinist/violist, harpist, French horn player, a pedal steel player, theremin player, and an electronic effects person. I stole my information from Wikipedia- do you think I would know what a theremin is? According to my count that’s roughly 25 people. I don’t know this group but a co-worker of mine went to a recent music festival in Norman, Oklahoma where this monstrosity of a band was headlining. I was browsing some bootleg footage of the festival and I stumbled upon a few actual videos…

“We Crawl” is off their third album, The Fragile Army, from 2007.

“Light and Day” is off their debut album, The Beginning Stages of, from 2002. By the way, this group is from Dallas, Texas.

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